Columbarium (Cochem)

The building was constructed between 1889 and 1890 according to the plans of master bricklayer Johann Wiss from Klotten, commissioned by Carl Joseph Friedrichs.

Since December 16, 2019, the tower in the Oberer Weg 9 in Cochem has again been adorned by a pyramid roof covered with natural slate and the original "Mahnhand", which is believed to have been the case for the last time in the early 1930s.

One day before the wedding on September 26, 1867, her father had presented the groom with a marriage contract for a "real estate complex" in Meiningen worth 90,000 marks, which he had acquired shortly before and which he had also signed without much thought.

Although the Schunck couple sold their villa in October 1888 and moved to Bonn, Friedrichs had the tower built in 1889/90 and the top decorated by the "Mahnhand".

When the tower was opened for the first time in 1928, a life-size white statue of Christ made of Carrara marble was found inside.